GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 666
SENATE BILL 903

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYEE IS NOT DISQUALIFIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHEN THE EMPLOYER FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 96-14 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(12)	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, no otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any weeks if it is determined by the Commission that such individual is, at the time such claim is filed, unemployed because he left work solely as a result of a lack of work caused by the bankruptcy of his employer."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of July, 1989.